the democrats deliberately boosted the candidacy of donald trump and ran status-quo empty suits against him and those brilliant strategies got the US two trump terms. a few oddly still have the audacity to blame the left for their lack of enthusiasm in cheering on these obviously awful plans

"From joining Sanders on the “Fighting Oligarchy” tour to endorsing Mamdani to her comments in Munich, Ocasio-Cortez keeps showing prescience and depth. Perhaps the right woman is staring right in front of us, and we should embrace her leadership." newrepublic.com/article/2065...

One of the things language like this does is conveys the way that leftism is seen as feminized in america. Leftists are called “hysterical,” told we “throw tantrums,” and “are shrill and unreasonable.” This is the language of cultural misogyny, used to denigrate and silence women.

This is—ironically enough—what I am talking about. RW voters who demand their bigotries be accommodated are never "radical" or "throwing a tantrum." No—those are "swing voters" to pursue, even as they fail to show up time & again. The goal here isn't a bigger tent, but to prevent movement leftward.

love seeing this the same day I learn that they also have measles coming back over there

Neoliberalism failed at MUCH more than just addressing material conditions

Holy shit he really really said this he typed this shit on the Internet i hate him so much

From 2021-24: Poverty: +65% Child poverty: +158% Difficulty paying bills: +25% Overdraft/NSF fees: +46% Food insecurity: +38% sources: Census Bureau, CFPB, USDA

its the progressives fault for making [Insert Canditate Here] lose! and to fix this we're going to run Candidate the Progressives Wont Vote For because we dont need them to win, but its their fault we lost the last time!

I consider myself pretty online and up on pop culture but this is the 2nd day in the row I’ve seen someone/some group I’ve barely ever heard of is taking over culture This just seems like Twitter brain shit

My entire voting age life has been people telling me my vote only matters so much as just barely allegedly holding back fascism. Essentially, that my opinion did not actually matter. I could get x who does nothing or y that burns everything down. It is demoralizing. Mind you Im 30

the democratic party right now has the incredible benefit of everyone fucking hating the GOP right now. But rather than use that to push for a progressive nominee and progressive policies, they're breathing a sigh of relief that they don't have to pretend to care anymore. they think they can coast.

If Gavin Newsom is the only hope against fascism then fascism has already won

There’s also a progressive candidate running who HASN’T taken money from Palantir partners @mikesacks.bsky.social : www.mikesacksforcongress.com

This logic is incredibly self-defeating, and it deploys "urgency" in a disturbing and nefarious way. We urgently need to act on climate change as a matter of survival, for example, and if all we've got is candidates who won't, well, I think we need a broader political imagination than elections.

The "I'd vote for [EVIL FIGURE] if they ran as a D" is so popular with this crowd because they don't want better things or the power to make things better. They just want to endlessly critique the idea that better things are possible.

Vote for a fascist to stop fascism is a pretty bizarre idea imho

this is why any Dem media that isn't bland centrist white dudes like @briantylercohen.bsky.social, @davidpakman.bsky.social, or the Pod Save bros can't get the support it needs This is a policy position over 80% of the base supports and Hakeem still HATES getting asked about it!

Sunday Taquitos #15: Less Lethal Than What? Art by @ivan-ehlers.bsky.social

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…people who write about statistics often display an astounding lack of understanding of the nature of the figures they are analysing, their authenticity and their suitability for drawing certain conclusions.

I’m sure this dude is fine. He does have a Nazi tattoo. And says women whine about sexual assault in the military. And that black people are stupid. But gosh darn it he says he’s a progressive, and since he’s white and male, who can really say what’s in a person’s heart.

Dear Bluesky, I like to think of myself as Your Jewish Friend. Let me be clear to you, the totenkopf tattoo thing is horrible. This shouldn't even be a question.

Chandler and Monica >>> Roy Kent and Keeley would’ve probably been my answer if it wasn’t for whatever the hell happened in s3

We are NOT gonna try to make “Minneapolis Strong” happen. Give people money instead, you useless toad. Strong Minneapolis has been doing all the things you say here for months, with no help from you. You did jack shit except send your cops to help ICE.

Silver is definitely in the group chats

Let’s out yearly exhale

Ask and you shall receive

I use beyond parody a lot, but this headline and subhead might be the most beyond parody thing I’ve ever seen. This is like the ultimate caricature of an Atlantic article.

EVERYTHING IS THE LEFTS FAULT! Oh the nazis are getting more nazified? its because the left oversimplified white supremacy oh men are lonely and becoming nazis? its those leftists bitches oh the democrats ran on genocide and cops and lost? its those traitor leftists

Lauren Underwood not running for Senate remains such a bummer

If Stephen Miller switches parties to become a Democrat, wins the dem primary, and is the candidate vs. Trump in the next election, I will not vote for Stephen Miller. He is awful, his policies are awful, and it doesn't matter if he'd be "better" than Trump. This is a post about Gavin Newsom.

They're the same picture

once again we are blaming people who are like 23 for capitalism sucking the life and fun out of everything

The numbers do speak for themselves. In fact, our neighbors know this because they feel it on the ground. They expect us to do more. How about you stop telling us behind closed doors that we shouldn’t fund immigrant legal assistance, rental assistance, or support for our small businesses!

liberals doing voter outreach on Bluesky

BTS is back together and I need to see the MAGA chuds lose it over Korean pretty boys

somehow I get the feeling that if Mamdani had a nazi tattoo we'd have simply never heard of him again about 15 min after it was revealed instead of having to read a new piece every 5 days about how he's just a smol bean

my eyes are rolling out of my fucking head

crazy idea

AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."

Struggling to see where that’s “going wrong”

So yeah they def killed this man www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckin...

hey, just checking in on this one again

if AOC is too right-wing for you to support, you do not believe in electoral politics and should just be honest about that

>Platner front and center over Mamdani

Life must be so easy if you just have absolutely no ethics, can you imagine